Display tray



8, 1949 M. MORDKIN 9 DISPLAY TRAY Filed Jan. 24, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1 v v j INVENTOR. MICHAEL MOEDK/N {a 8 2 M HTTOPNEY Nov. 8, 1949 MORDKIN, V 2548?,15

DI SPLAY TRAY Filed Jan. 24, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. MICHHEL MOEDk/N ATTOE/VE Y Patented Nov. 8, 1949 UNITED Parent rnis mvention relatestto traysfroritnemrspiay or merchandise, semen as fanesnes 31 01 ean -objeet 'totprcvide a ti e suehzthatairy twoi-trays will fit together Etc resm a ster-urge '*antl--'s11ch" that the storag ibits beg stackd on top o f =-e"ah other without tsunstantim untenferenc'e of ariti-"irictie'n manners on the trays. ethertweetsare ates:sensrvenessaaznuesimplieity orneenstruction, nwtrress m appearanee and ease and reliability 6f eiesur'e when ec inibiried i'rito 5a stor'a ge box. ether ebieets and nd-vantages of 'tlie inv'enti'dn vvill app'ea'r fr o'm theifollow'ing particillar desitptic'ih 5f acne embodiment :er the inveritien ilmstrated rn atlre aceemparrtiag drawingsjin wfireh Fig. 1 "is a sersseetwe dflattray emt'esying the iniventioh.

"Fig. "2 -a prspettivefiwith part "in section, *dra storage bex ecmposefi df twoaif tne tra-ys.

Fig. is a ceritral lmrgituilmal sectional elewarmer as-tdrage box with 'tlie' component trays *shown-spe:ced; trre* plane df tneise'etientumg inhi- We. 5 is "a flperspettive showing three at the "steragemdxesstaere'cl.

'The*trays'are-uesrgned'soas te' be suitabi'e ror melding trim a transparent prastrc, "such "as istyrexie,tandso that iuentrcaiftraysmayine teem- Wrneh te'ma'kee icsedbex anh se tnatithe boxes may be stacked. The tray is shown'ais "shallow, althoughits 'heigl'ltrriay be suited to the character of the I merchandise to-be displayed.

As shown, thetray'iso'f elongated, rectangular shape, its length from front to rear being greater than its width. It has a'bottom l, a frontwall 2, a rear wall 3, and two similar side walls 4 and 5. The rear wall is substantially higher than the front wall, being shown as approximately two and one-half times as high. The side walls are shaped so that when they are put together edge to edge in inverted relation, they mutually serve as complements to form a rectangular side of a closed ibox. As shown, the height of the tray is maintained as the heighth of the front wall for the front third of the tray, and the rear third is maintained uniformly at the height of the rear wall, and the middle third is evenly inclined with its edge joining the top edges of the front a and rear thirds. Thus, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5, the edges of two traysin inverted relation will come together all around and make a closed box with its top and bottom parallel and with its ends and sides rectangular.

In order thus to make a closed box of two trays, it is evident that the tray which is used as the cover is inverted about a central transverse axis, so that the front and rear walls engage at each (Cln220-f end, and the :e'dges tot rthe \correspo'riding asides vcom-estogether. To difectaaminterlbck,therefore, one and wall is-rprovided withzalpooketzor slotanii lthe tether en-d wall with a Eton'g'ue rpropoiitioneti and located itoifit =in the ,poicketuir isldt'zof 'itlte coactin'g stray avhen two-ltrays iareljoined ltio mane ra box.

In :the -':construetionrshown, the i-rear wall its :provided on hits iupper =eilge with a central, mp-

iw'allr2 isiprovided'mith the'g potket'iortslot' 1.. firms :po'cket is "formed by making :ra central cut-cont Ta! i'in the "wall for a sufficlenttdistance down tirom 'the 'topvan'dzdf the width of:the'atorigue. 'imhemutextends across the cuteout eand slightiyi-overlaps ':the 1 wallei ion iea'ch edge df tlieipocltet arfdiis inte- -ga'l therewith; :andsthe:inside wall orrthe'ipoekrt iis i ormed by twolfiarige 'strips e whrchaarei integral with th'e wall \2 enitneitwo :respeetive edge's air th e pticktet and roverlap thefcutiout ZI for a 'fdistance and leave the -inside icentral'i-pai t :of *the eut out -uncovered. Functi'on'ally the depth of "the pocket ne'ed s b'e mandre than'itnenengtha ef 2 the tongue 6, butzror appearance it'iis preterrd te make the poketrandztnesthp s-tnefiiulmretght 6f the wall 2, arid the lower art dr'itne zpecleet below that o'ccu pied by the torigu'e mayseiwe as apriee ticketholder;:for example, sincettlre wall 1 is' transparent.

sirrce the tongue and pocket aardbotniinttne 'pian'e iof their rres ective wallsf they willbe an register when tne trays are breught t-ogemer in the reverserelationsnowman Figfl afnd thycovr tray is 1 thereby z irictionally iii-terleekeu w'ith its e'ounterpart biow It is desirable that display trays of this sort be provided with anti-friction strips on the bottom to reduce the area of contact with the sur- 40 face on which the trays rest, and it has been customary to provide such trays with narrow fiat rails or with half round rails. However, with boxes made up of two identical trays, as proposed by this invention, such rails would interfere with the stacking of the boxes one on another, as isrequired for storage and as is illustrated in Fig. 5. The rails cannot well rest one on another, particularly the half round rails, and consequently the successive boxes would have to be offset the full width of a rail.

In accordance with this invention, the trays are provided on their under sides with rails l0 running longitudinally and disposed equal distances from their respective edges. As illustrated, the rails are V-shape, which, as shown in Fig. 5,

permits the boxes to be stacked with the oil-set of the alternate trays but one-half the width of the base of the rails.

It is obvious that the number of interlocking tongues and slots may be more than one for each acsvnes end of a box and that the top edges of the side walls may be otherwise shaped and that various other modifications may be made in the construction shown in the drawings and above particularly described, within the principle and scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A display tray of elongated rectangular shape having its rear end wall higher than its front end wall and having similar side walls with a front section of'uniform height equal to that of the front end wall and a rear section of the same length as that of the front section and of uniform height equal to that of the rear end wall and an intermediate section having an inclined top edge joining those of the front and rear sections, one of the end walls having an upstanding tongue extension in the plane of the wall and the other end wall having a slot in the plane of the wall of the width of the tongue and in allnementtherewith longitudinally of the tray.

2. A display tray of elongated rectangular shape having its rear end wall higher than its front end wall and having similar side walls with a front section of uniform height equal to that of the front end wall and a rear section of the same length as that of the front section and of uniform height equal to that of the rear end wall and an intermediate section having an inclined top edge joining those of the front and rear sections, the rear end wall having an upstanding tongue extension medially disposed on its top edge and the front end wall having a medial cut-out of the width of the tongue together with interior and exterior members overlapping the cut-out and forming a pocket in the plane of the wall proportioned to the tongue.

3. A display tray of elongated rectangular shape having its rear end wall higher than its front end wall and having similar side walls with a front section of uniform height equal to that of the front end wall and a rear section of the same length as that of the front section and of uniform height equal to that of the rear end wall and an intermediate section having an inclined top edge joining those of the front and rear sections, one of the end walls having an upstanding tongue extension in the plane of the wall and the other end wall having a slot in the plane of the wall of the width of the tongue and in alinement therewith longitudinally of the tray, and

a pair of V-shape runners formed on the under face of the bottom of the tray extending longitudinally of the tray and symmetrically disposed between the center line and the respective longitudinal sides."

4. A display tray of elongated rectangular shape having its rear end wall higher than its front end wall and having similar side walls with a front section of uniform height equal .to that of the front end wall and a rear section of the same length as that of the front section and of uniform height equal to that of the rear end wall and an intermediate section having an inclined top edge joining those of th front and rear sections, the rear end wall having an upstanding tongue extension medially disposed on its top edge and the front end wall having a medial cut-out of the width of the tongue together with interior and exterior members overlapping the cut-out and forming a pocket in the plane Of the wall proportioned to the tongue, and a pair of V-shape runners formed on the under face of the bottom of the tray extending longitudinally of the tray and symmetrically disposed between the center line and the respective longitudinal sides.

5. A storage box consisting of two identical parts, each part comprising a tray of elongated rectangular shape having its rear end wall higher than its front end wall and having similar side wall with their top edges coinciding at their front and rear ends, respectively, with the tops of the front and rear end walls, the rear end wall having an upstanding tongue extension medially disposed on its top edge and the front end wall having a medial cut-out of the width of the tongue together with interior and exterior members overlapping the cut-out and forming a pocket in the plane of the wall proportioned to the tongue, and a pair of V-shape runners formed on the outside face of the bottom of the tray extending longitudinally of the tray and symmetrically disposed between the center line and the respective longitudinal sides; the one part :being disposed inversely upon the other part as a cover with the ends reversed and the edges tightly fitting and the tongue upon each part entered into the pocket of the other part.

MICHAEL MORDKIN.

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